Organisational design and restructure for UK businesses
Your organisational structure was built for a smaller business.
We redesign roles, reporting lines and ownership around what the business has to deliver next. Structure first, people second. One day to find the real problem, then we move.
Get the structure right and it shows on the bottom line: no work done twice, no roles without an owner, no decisions stuck at the top.
When does a business need organisational design?
Six signs your structure is costing you money.
- Growth has added people, but not profit.
- Decisions keep landing on the founder's desk.
- Two people do one job, and one job has no owner.
- New hires haven't reduced anyone's workload.
- Managers spend their time chasing updates instead of leading.
- A sale, investment or next stage is coming, and the structure won't stand up to it.
What is the EDGE method™?
Four steps. In this order.
The EDGE method™ is how The Organisational Edge redesigns a business: Expose, Design, Get it done, Embed. Precise, fast, and we're out once it runs without us.
- EExpose.Find where the money leaks: work done twice, decisions with no owner, roles a system should carry. One day, with the people doing the work.
- DDesign.Draw the structure for where you're going: roles, reporting lines, who decides what, and which work goes to AI and systems. Your Team of the Future™.
- GGet it done.Make the changes fast. Move people into the right seats, fill the gaps with the Recruit to Grow™ method, and deal with underperformance fairly.
- EEmbed.Make it stick, then step out. Role deliverables, decision rights and an operating rhythm your leaders run without you, and without us.
What do you get from organisational design?
Six things you can act on.
How it starts
The Edge Review: a fixed-fee business review.
- One day in your business, with the people doing the work.
- A straight read-out: what's wrong and what it's costing you.
- A one-page plan: what to fix, in what order, who owns it.
- Fixed fee: £3,000 + VAT. The plan is yours to keep, whether or not you work with us after.
What good resourcing looks like.
Wow, Nicola, finally, this is what good resourcing looks like... Thank you.Julie HennikerHead of HR, Connect It Utility Services
So I can focus on growing the business.
Nicola has been amazing in helping me develop my team and find new team members that have the correct skills to develop the business, so I can focus on growing and improving my business.Joe BichardManaging Director, Hue House Ltd
Questions
Organisational design: frequently asked questions.
What is the EDGE method™?
The EDGE method™ is The Organisational Edge's four-step approach to organisational design: Expose (find where the money leaks, in a one-day Edge Review), Design (the structure, decision rights and the split between people and AI), Get it done (make the changes and fill the gaps), and Embed (role deliverables and an operating rhythm the leadership team runs without outside help).
How long does organisational design take?
The Edge Review is one day, with the read-out and plan soon after. Most redesigns are planned and moving within weeks, not months. We're deliberately in and out: the aim is a structure your leaders run without us.
What is organisational design?
Deciding which roles a business needs, who reports to whom, and who owns which decisions, so the structure fits what the business has to deliver next.
When does a business need a restructure?
- Growth has added people but not clarity.
- Decisions keep climbing to the top.
- A sale or investment is coming.
How much does organisational design cost?
Every project starts with an Edge Review at a fixed fee of £3,000 + VAT. The project itself is priced as a fixed fee, agreed in writing before we start, based on the size of the business and the result we agree. No day rates that run on.
What's the difference between organisational design and a restructure?
Organisational design decides the roles, reporting lines and decision rights a business needs. A restructure is moving from the current structure to that design, which can mean new roles or changed roles.
How does a project start?
With an Edge Review: one day in your business, talking to your people and looking at the numbers. You get a straight read-out and a plan. Fixed fee: £3,000 + VAT.
What is the Team of the Future™?
The Team of the Future™ is The Organisational Edge's model for designing growing teams where people, AI and systems work together deliberately. People do the work that needs judgement, AI handles repeatable analysis and admin, systems give visibility without chasing, and ownership sits where decisions belong. The result is a business that grows without everything depending on the founder, and without the payroll that growth used to need.
Where does AI fit in?
We look at which work AI and automation should carry and which needs a person. AI strengthens a good structure. It doesn't fix a weak one.
Structure not keeping up?
Let's look at it.
A free 30-minute call with Nicola. No pitch. You'll know whether you need to hire, and what it should cost.